Peter Rowe, The Union-Tribune

Peter Rowe

The Union-Tribune

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Past articles by Peter:

Brewery Rowe: Search for U.S.-made monastery-brewed beer is short on suds

Also this week, the California Craft Beer Summit, beer-themed events and another round of Drink or Dump → Read More

Brewery Rowe: Brewery Rowe: Designer, drummer Kemet Ackee brings fresh flavors to Second Chance

The Army veteran and apparel-maker discovered his passion for beer while stationed in Germany many years ago → Read More

Brewery Rowe: San Diego's oldest brewery, Karl Strauss, marks its 34th birthday with new beer releases

Also this week in local beer news: Escondido-brewed Stone Delicious is low in gluten but may not be low enough for people with celiac disease → Read More

Brewery Rowe: Athletic Brewing celebrating a dry-ish January with its (mostly) non-alcoholic beers

Also this week, Belching Beaver's marketing director Haley Smith is the new president of the San Diego Brewers Guild → Read More

Brewery Rowe: Alpine's Mcilhenney Brewing a bright spot in a tough year for San Diego beermakers

The family that founded Alpine Beer in 2002 has regrouped under a new label in East County that has taken the craft beer industry by storm → Read More

Brewery Rowe: Here's what happened when I went on a beer walk in Imperial Beach

Inspired by the November opening of Novo Brazil’s 7,500-square-foot bayside restaurant and nano-brewery, I recently set out on a refreshing trek through Imperial Beach → Read More

Brewery Rowe: Why Beer Week needs an infusion of creativity and excitement

San Diego’s brewers have come too far to let San Diego Beer Week become just another week in San Diego beer → Read More

Brewery Rowe: Programs aim to diversify the monochromatic color of craft beer industry

The Color of Beer Beer is popular from Coronado to Casablanca, from Banker’s Hill to Buenos Aires. → Read More

Brewery Rowe: North Park Beer triumphs at the Great American Beer Festival

The University Avenue company's four medals included Brewery of the Year, and its team named brewers of the year, in the 2,001-5,000 barrel category → Read More

Brewery Rowe: Three years after it was sold to Kings & Convicts, we take a look at Ballast Point

We revisit Ballast Point, a couple years after it was purchased by then-Illinois-based Kings & Convicts. Here's what we found → Read More

Brewery Rowe: At Wild Barrel Brewing, going beyond blueberry wheat

At San Marcos’ Wild Barrel Brewing, co-founder and CEO Bill Sysak battles the curse of blueberry wheat. → Read More

Brewery Rowe: Back to (beer) school: At MiraCosta, it's from grain to glass

While large four-year institutions like the University of California San Diego and San Diego State University offer courses on aspects of the brewing industry, one of the most interesting programs is found at a community college. → Read More

For Poway native and Maui Brewing founder Garrett Marrero, it's all about ohana

Maui, which had been distributed in 23 states pre-COVID, was planning to scale back to two or three states. Now, planning to expand and update some Modern Times facilities, Maui is entering 27 states → Read More

Brewery Rowe: Going beyond beer: Moving from brewing to distilling

Moving from brewing to distilling has great appeal: 'There are a lot of people who don’t want to be confined creatively. This is an opportunity for more creativity' → Read More

Brewery Rowe: Did a craft beer expo in San Diego back in 2004 really start the IPA movement? This expert thinks so

'That craft conference was a real turning point,' said Mitch Steele, co-founder and brewmaster at Atlanta’s New Real Brewing → Read More

Brewery Rowe: No buyer in sight as Modern Times faces PR nightmare and ‘bad debt’

OK, I get it. Finding a buyer for Modern Times was always going to take time. But this much time? → Read More

Brewery Rowe: After Stone Brewing's sale, yes, Greg Koch needs to be called out. But he deserves praise, too

After Japanese mega-brewery Sapporo acquired Escondido’s Stone Brewing last month, co-founder Greg Koch took a public drubbing. → Read More

Column: Brewery Rowe beer column returns to the Union-Tribune. Here's the latest in brew news

Welcome back to Brewery Rowe, which has been on hiatus since spring 2020. → Read More

Tiny but growing craft mead industry carving out space in San Diego's brewing landscape

A half-dozen meaderies, including Lost Cause, Meadiocrity and Golden State, have opened in San Diego since 2010 → Read More

Another year in isolation? That's great news for one San Diego family

If any family was ready for this time of social distancing, it was the Luckesens → Read More